Owner of Boston Pizzeria Chain Convicted of Forced Labor after HSI, Department of Labor Investigation
BOSTON — The owner of a pizzeria chain in Massachusetts was convicted June 7 of forced labor charges following a nine-day jury trial.
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BOSTON — The owner of a pizzeria chain in Massachusetts was convicted June 7 of forced labor charges following a nine-day jury trial.
SAN DIEGO — A Southern California man was sentenced June 6 in federal court to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl who was physically assaulted and ejected from a moving car during an escape attempt.
HOUSTON — A sex trafficker was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison June 5 for conspiring to traffic minors for commercial sex following a Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance investigation.
Human trafficking has no boundaries. These forced labor port awareness posters have been developed for ports experiencing a high volume of shipping traffic.
HOUSTON — A Houston-area man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child and possessing child sexual abuse material following an investigation by HSI Houston.
HOUSTON — HSI Houston participated in an outreach event to educate club owners and other stakeholders from the Houston-area adult nightclub industry on how to identify and report suspected human trafficking.
TUCSON, Ariz. — A Tennessee man was convicted by a federal jury May 22 of sex trafficking, following a joint investigation by HSI and law enforcement partners.
By identifying and reporting suspected human trafficking, you are doing your part to help law enforcement recover victims.
While human trafficking can occur to individuals of any age, gender, sexuality, nationality, and socio-economic class, Native American and Alaskan Native communities are disproportionately impacted by this crime.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its third Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) Annual Report, highlighting the Department’s successful efforts to train more than 275,000 individuals, including aviation and transportation personnel, law enforcement partners, and nonprofit organizations, to recognize the indicators of human trafficking and take action to stop this heinous crime.